Putin Says “Victory Was Not Ours Alone,” Calls WWII Triumph A Shared Legacy | APT

Added: 2026-05-09

[00:00:03]Dear delegation leaders, ladies and gentlemen, dear friends, I welcome you at the solemn reception in honor of Victory Day. I am sincerely glad to celebrate this holiday in the circle of friends and reliable partners.

[00:00:18]It is well known that the people of the Soviet Union have made a decisive contribution to the defeat of Nazism.

[00:00:25]At the same time, we never regarded this magnificent victory as our was alone.

[00:00:31]And because of this, we honor the contribution of all the soldiers of the anti-Hitler coalition, the participants of the resistance, the partisans, the subordinates.

[00:00:42]We will always keep the memory of the military alliance, the brotherhood by arms. People of different ages and nationalities, both men and women, old and young, have been tested by faith in the triumph of justice, the right of peoples to sovereignty and independence, and of course, love for the fatherland.

[00:01:03]These feelings are a spiritual and moral guide for us today.

[00:01:07]Our peoples are united by sincere relations to the common history, the memory of those who fought for the freedom of their country and of all mankind, responsibility for preserving the truth about the Great Patriotic War, about the Second World War, for the future generations to firmly know that love for their homeland and solidarity of peoples in the struggle for peace and equality is a powerful, all-powerful force. We must strictly prevent attempts to falsify the events of the Second World War, the heroization of the Nazis and the collaborators.

[00:01:48]They have the unbearable suffering and deaths of millions of civilians on their conscience.

[00:01:54]It is our duty not to allow the justification of genocide of the citizens of the USSR and other evil deeds of Nazi criminals.

[00:02:04]They are definitely condemned by the decision of the Nuremberg Tribunal and do not have an expiration date. This year marks 85 years since the Nazi Germany attacked the Soviet Union.

[00:02:17]On this date, there is grief over the millions of dead and a reminder of the terrible consequences of blind faith in its superiority, racism, xenophobia, denying other peoples the right to their own identity.

[00:02:35]I am convinced that today's more just multipolar architecture must rely on the norms of the UN Charter in all its totality and completeness based on the principle of equal and indivisible security and taking into account the cultural and civilizational diversity of the peoples of the planet. Their right to determine their own destiny, to follow the traditions and teachings of their ancestors.

[00:03:03]They bequeathed to us all the duty to preserve and protect peace.

[00:03:07]Let me offer a toast to the generation of victors, to the triumph of truth and justice, to the friendship and prosperity of countries and peoples.

[00:03:18]Happy holiday, dear friends.

[00:03:21]Happy Victory Day.

[00:03:24]Peace.

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